Cheapest flights to Johannesburg are generally available in March whilst January tends to be most expensive

Popular airports

Flights to Johannesburg land at the airports Grand Central (GCJ),
Johannesburg (JNB) and
Randgermiston (QRA).

About Johannesburg

.

‘What’s the word? Johannesburg!’ South Africa’s largest city and economic powerhouse has changed a lot since the soul-poet Gil Scot Heron sang this anti-apartheid anthem in 1976. Now even the infamous township of Soweto is considered a desirable place to live. Gourmets take note: Johannesburg is birthing a food culture that rivals neighbouring Cape Town.

Does any city have more nicknames? Try Jozi, Joburg, Joni, eGoli or Joeys for short.

Pop into the glorious Neighbourgoods Market for a slow brunch over a craft beer before picking up some fair-trade goodies. Contemporary African art thrives in nighttime Johannesburg, as does jazz and café culture in enclaves – tucked between and beyond the high-rise glass palaces and luxury residential buildings of downtown. And Johannesburg’s cocktail bars are as much testaments to renaissance of this city as its museums – enjoy a Cape Flat Colada over a kwalto beat, African house music, for a quintessential 'Rainbow Nation' moment.

Johannesburg is a true ‘urban jungle’. More than ten million trees have been planted in the city.